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FAO says 22% of cattle breeds are at risk

30/10/2012

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has said the decline in indigenous livestock breeds around the world is “alarming”. In a statement in advance of a conference on the subject of animal genetic resources at the end of October, the FAO said many countries in Africa, the Near East and the Americas are lagging behind...

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